CAMILLE F. FORBES
Author * Historian * Performer

Camille F. Forbes, historian, holds a PhD in American Civilization from Harvard University. A public speaker, she has presented on such topics as contemporary and historical African American comedy, the Harlem Renaissance, the "performance" of blackness, the literary legacy of Ralph Ellison, and the historical legacy of Abraham Lincoln, among others. Her life in performance has taken her from stand-up comedy acts in Boston to her one-woman stage piece, "Tales of Suburban Squalor," in San Diego. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.